This archive report was first published on 12 November 2019.
On November 11, 2019, a three-day human trafficking and electronic evidence training workshop was held at Utalii Hotel in Nairobi, bringing together over 50 Kenyan magistrates.
Organized by the Attorney General Alliance Africa Alliance Partnership (AGA AAP) in collaboration with the Judiciary Training Institute and The British High Commission, the training aimed to equip magistrates with a better understanding of the legal framework regulating human trafficking offenses, as well as methods of prevention and investigation.
Justice Kathurima M'Inoti, Director of Judiciary Training Institute, emphasized the need for capacity building to ensure the prosecution of human trafficking cases is conducted expeditiously, as required by the Constitution.
According to the Global Slavery Index, human trafficking is a multi-billion-dollar illegal industry, with approximately 40 million individuals enslaved worldwide, 71% of whom are women and children.
AGA AAP board member Markus Green highlighted the challenges in combating human trafficking, including complicit governments, the large amounts of money involved, and the advancement of technology that facilitates the movement and hiding of money.
Green commended Kenya for implementing the Counter-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2010, which criminalizes sex and labor trafficking and attracts a punishment of no less than 30 years imprisonment or a fine of not less than Sh30 million.
